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Influence of Greek Architecture
Influence of Greek Writing
Influence of Greek Art
Influence of Greek Mythology
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Architecture
What was an important influence on the Romans?
100
Greek influence
What was indirect on Roman culture?
100
Etruscans and Romans
Who admired Greek pottery, paintings, and sculpture?
100
Rituals and sacrifices
What did Greeks perform to gain the gods favor?
200
Greeks and Etruscans
Who did Romans borrow and adapt ideas from?
200
Greek alphabet
What was adopted and changed by the Etruscans?
200
Greek pottery
What was valued throughout the Mediterranean world for its usefulness and beauty?
200
Blended that god's characteristics with those of their god
What did the Romans do when they encountered a similar god from another culture?
300
Concrete
What did the Romans eventually learn to use?
300
Capital letters
What did Greeks and Romans write in?
300
Large clay vessels
What did Greek potters create to store food, water, and wine?
300
Jupiter, Venus, Mars
What were Zeus's, Aphrodite's, and Aries's Roman names?
400
Colosseum
Where did gladiators fight at?
400
Documents
What did Greeks carve into stone or bronze plaques?
400
Roman artists
Who created a lively and realistic style of their own?
400
Greek gods
What did the Romans adopt and give Roman names to?
500
Circus Maximus
Where did people watch chariot racing?
500
Inscriptions
What did Romans carve into walls and columns?
500
Realistic
What did the Romans try to make busts, statues, and life-size statues of famous generals look like?
500
Stories about the gods
What were Romans much less interested in telling then Greeks were?